CoA+A

The College of Arts + Architecture advances contemporary aesthetic, scholarly, and material practices through demonstrated excellence and leadership in teaching, scholarly and creative research, and public and professional engagement.

The College of Arts + Architecture advances contemporary aesthetic, scholarly, and material practices through demonstrated excellence and leadership in teaching, scholarly and creative research, and public and professional engagement.

Today’s students are incredibly skilled, passionate, curious, and realistic, but they confront global challenges we’re just beginning to understand. The College is committed to preparing students for a lifetime of sustained art-making. Though the forms of art-making and design practice will change over time and according to new contexts, the core belief in the power of the arts to enhance people’s lives forms the bedrock of the CoA+A.

The College’s vision is defined through four challenges to contemporary arts and architecture:

Emergence…of new ideas, skills, potential

Diverse networks of teaching and research promote dynamic, experiential learning that leads to new knowledge and expanded imagination.